[This was a combo of personal notetaking and skypecasting.]

Notes — Alan November.

Using the Promethean clickers — interesting.

First question — have you been to a school outside of US.
37% yes.

Second question — Are our kids going to compete globally?
everyone yes.

Third question — Our classes are globally connected
35% yes.

4th — Do your students have a global work ethic.
9% —

I didn’t like the structure of this question – or the definition of "global work ethic."

What’s blocked — Alan missed the math on this one, given the answer, I think.

Who owns the learning — 38% said gov’t.

Who should own the learning? evreyone said students, pretty much.

Being told what to do and when to do is no longer working in the global economy…

Self-directed… there’s something to be written about the comparison between the new web learning and the old Jewish immigrant story about the immigrant who sat in the NYC library and became an expert.

How do we change schools so that students own the learning… moving students so that by the time they graduate, they are inter-dependent — totally connected into the networks of the world.

(fun digression – he’s sleeping out for an iPhone)

Talking about kids writing to each other…

"How are you going to use the Web 2.0 tools to connect students to other students."

I like that he’s tying it back into pedagogy. That’s the "When and Why" not just the "How."

[Skypecast note]

Vinnie Vrotny 6/27/07 2:00 PM

Having heard Alan, I am glad he is reconnected with his old self.
Chris Lehmann 6/27/07 2:01 PM
Here’s my question — what happens when this stuff becomes routine? Because it does. They get a little used to skyping and blogging and getting comments and such…. that’s when it’s not just about "woo hoo!" That’s when it just has to go back to really good, strong learning techniques.
Vinnie Vrotny 6/27/07 2:02 PM
Having been involved in edtech for the past 18+ years, there will always be a change in the tools to connect
Chris Lehmann 6/27/07 2:02 PM
agreed.
Vinnie Vrotny 6/27/07 2:03 PM
Need to have more kids presenting at conferences, there is a good idea
Chris Lehmann 6/27/07 2:03 PM
showing a video of Marco Torres’ students arguing for change in the way teachers act / interact w/ studentss.
6/27/07 2:04 PM
"If students are desperate for knowledge, they will learn."
Vinnie Vrotny 6/27/07 2:05 PM
my battery may die soon
Chris Lehmann 6/27/07 2:06 PM
no worries.
Vinnie Vrotny 6/27/07 2:06 PM
"Just give me the kids who don’t want to learn" and encourage and engage them

Talking about how what happened when he sub taught in S. Bronx, he used the iPod to get kids psyched… here’s my question… this stuff all stops being wiz-bang. It becomes routine… then what? This is why I remain a little skeptical of talking about how AMAZING this all is unless it is grounded in pedagogy.

Talking about smart searching now…

We should teach our students to build the curriculum.

"The idea of the textbook — that there is a finished curriculum — rob our students of their creativity and critical thinking skills." Amen.

Our students should bring us material from all over the world. (This was all in the context of talking about the American revolution.)

"We should teach kids that there are other points of view." — this is again just good progressive pedagogy.

We need to teach kids the structure and topography of the internet so that kids can navigate the world — again, this is contextualizing why it is so important teach the skills in context.

"I am convinced that we have underestimated what students can do starting in early elementary."